IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS 
DIVISION OF ST. THOMAS AND ST. JOHN 
 
THE GOVERNMENT OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS, 
) Civil No. 2001-157 M/B 
BUREAU OF INTERNAL REVENUE, 
 
 
) (Formerly 1998-243 M/B) 
) 
Plaintiff,  
 
 
 
) ACTION TO REDUCE INCOME 
) TAX ASSESSMENTS TO 
v.  
 
 
 
 
 
 
) JUDGMENTS AND TO 
) FORECLOSE TAX LIENS 
) 
WILLIAM M. LANSDALE, et al.,   
 
 
) TRANSFERRED FROM 
) ST. CROIX 
Defendants.  
 
 
) 
___________________________________________) 
) 
EDWARD E. THOMAS, DIRECTOR,  
 
 
) 
VIRGIN ISLANDS BUREAU OF  
 
 
) 
INTERNAL REVENUE 
 
 
 
 
) Civil No. 1992-0079 
) 
Petitioner,  
 
 
 
 
 
 
) 
) PETITION FOR EQUITABLE 
v.  
 
 
 
 
 
 
) RELIEF AND APPOINTMENT 
) OF RECEIVER UNDER 
LONESOME DOVE PETROLEUM CO.,   
 
) INTERNAL REVENUE CODE 
a Texas Corporation, 
 
 
 
 
) Secs. 7401 et. seq. 
MARINA PACIFICA OIL COMPANY,  
 
 
) 
a California Corporation, 
 
 
 
 
) 
) 
Respondents. 
 
 
 
 
 
) 
___________________________________________) 
 
ORDER 
 
Before the Court is the Third Successor Receiver of Lonesome Dove Petroleum 
Company, Joanne E. Buzzuto’s, motion to authorize the Clerk of Court to invest all 
certificates of deposit (CD) held by the Court for terms not to exceed 30 days and to 
redeem CD # 231109 and to reinvest the proceeds in a 30-day CD with automatic 30-
day renewal periods.  The Court being fully advised in the premises, it is hereby 
ORDERED that the motion is GRANTED; and it is further 
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ORDERED that the Clerk of Court shall continue to reinvest the following CDs: 
233288, 235707, 237336, 247520, 235710 and 547517 in CDs with 30-day renewal 
periods; it is further  
 
ORDERED that the Clerk of Court shall redeem CD # 231109 in the amount of 
$1,393,612.37; it is further  
 
ORDERED that the proceeds from CD # 231109 shall be reinvested in a 30-day 
CD with automatic 30-day renewal periods; and it is further 
 
ORDERED that the Receiver shall account for any loss occasioned by the early 
redemption of any of the CDs held by the Court. 
 
 
                                                                                   S\ __________________________ 
RUTH MILLER 
United States Magistrate Judge 
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